In the program I have the user can select a hotkey from a combo box (Shift,ctrl,alt...ect) and when they save their settings I save the variable as a string

Code:
_Hotkey = HotkeyCOMBO.selectedItem 'Saves users choice to string variable
How do I get the string(_Hotkey) into a format that this can read

Code:
If e.KeyData = _hotkey Then
I searched the forums and one person was using a DataSource. Is that the only way to do it or can you convert it just by having the string of the key you need to use?